John jay phare



UNITED STATES. P TENT. OFFICE.

JOHN JAY PHARE, OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR CF ONE-HALF TO ARREN J. GURNEY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBlNEDIC ARRlAGE-JACK AND TIRE-TIGHTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 452,235, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed March 12, 1891. Serial No. 384,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the point of attachment with fulcrum, is an Be it known thatI, JOHN JAY PHARE, of Inaperture g for the insertion of the raisingdependence, Jackson county, Missouri, have screw a of the tire-tightener, which will be invented certain new and useful Improvemore fully described hereinafter. 5 5 ments in Combined Carriage-Jacks and The The lever is provided with an aperture 1 Tighteners, of which the following is a full, connecting with a slot 1) and adapted to reclear, and exact description, reference being ceive the pivotal end F of the fulcrum. The had to the accompanying drawings, forming lever is held in place by means of the olfset a part hereof. fon the end of the pivot, or a pin (1 and a 6c 10 My invention relates to improvements in washer c on the outside of the lever, as in combined carriage-jacks and tire-tighteners; Fig. 2. By raising the handle of the lever and it consists in the novel construction and the contact of the forward end H with the combination of parts herein described and axle causes the fulcrum to engage the standclaimed. ard by friction, and then bearing down on 65 I 5 My object is to furnisha complete and subthe handle of the lever raises the weight until stantial device inexpensive and durable in the said lever is engaged or secured by the character, simple, and useful either as a carhooked extension G of the arm or handle D. riage-jack or as a tire-tightener. By releasing the lever from under this hook In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective the weight may be lowered and the fulcrum 7o view of my entire invention. Fig. 2 is a dedisengaged. I

tached perspective view of the movable ful- The raising-screw. of the tire-tightener is crum and catch. Fig. 3 is a detail View of a inserted in an opening 9 in the lever, and portion of the lever, showinga modified form consists of a screw-threaded bolt a, with of raising-screw. square head I) passing through a threaded 75 2 5 Similarletters refertosimilarpartsthroughnut a, countersunk 1n the lever, and a cap out the drawings, in which 0, secured by a swiveled oint, which cap is A represents the standard, constructed of curved at its top to fit the folly; or, if de a continuous piece of metal of the desired sired, the o'peninggmay be internally screwlength, preferably cylindrical and hollow. threaded and the nut a dispensed with, as 80 0 B is the standard-foot, shaped to fit a carshown in Fig. riage-hub and also made to set firmly on the Vhen the lever and fulcrum are adjusted ground. The standard proper is securely and engaged, the use of the raising-screw is fitted in the apex thereof. as follows: I place the standard-foot on the E is themovable fulcrum, adjust-able at any hub and by using a wrench on the square 85 point on the standard, provided with a pivot head of the bolt, the cap 0 of the screw fitting F, having an offset f, and an arm or handle snugly the folly, the same will be raised from D, having a catch or hooked extension G, all the shoulder of spoke and the tire may be combined in one piece and so bent that the tightened by placing washers on said shoulpivot end lies over the fulcrum proper, thereders. 1 40 by adding strength by the pressure. At the One of the main advantages of my device place of contact the parts may be welded, or, as above described is that it is very strong if desired, the whole piece may be a casting. and durable, owing to the small number of C represents the lever, which is so bent as parts. to permit of easy adjustment under a wagon By forming the fulcrum, pivot, and arm 5 5 or carriage bed. It is widened at the point carrying the catch in one piece it will be unof attachment with the fulcrum and curved derstood that much is gained. The adjustupward beyond that point, thus permitting able screw in the short arm of the lever I the fulcrum to be raised higher upon the also deem avaluable point in thisconnection. standard, while the lever is depressed to lift Having thus described my invention, whatI I00 the weight. claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

Within the forward curved portion H, near is 1. The combination of a standard, a movable fulcrum thereon, a lever pix'oted to said fulcrum, and an adjustable bolt arranged in the short arm of said lever, substantially as described.

2. In a carriage-jack, a standard, a movable fulcrum thereon, a pivot, and an arm D, carrying a catch G, said fulcrum, pivot, arm, and catch all being formed integral, in combination with a lever Working on said pivot, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a standard, a movable fulcrum, a pivot and catch formed integral therewith, a lever, an adjustable bolt carried by the short arm thereof, having square head, and a swiveled cap 0, having a concave upper side, substantially as described.

The combination of a standard, a movable fulcrum, a pivot and catch formed integral therewith, an olfset on said pivot, a lever provided with an aperture, a slot connected with said aperture, and an adjustable bolt carried by the short arm of said lever, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a standard, a movable fulcrum, a pivot and catch formed thereon, a lever mounted 011 said pivot, athreaded nut countersunk in the short arm of the lever, the said lever being provided with an aperture g, registering with the bore of the nut, asereW-threaded bolt adapted to operate in said nut, and a swiveled cap thereon, substantially as described In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JAY PI'IARE.

Witnesses:

MELL G. SHAFFER, J. B. LOWE. 

